Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Shop, including former Theatre to rear
Brecon, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 16 December 1976
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Brecon
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.94586, -3.38879
- Cadw reference
- 7120
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Facing junction with Free Street.
History
The former theatre has early C19 external details. The entrance to the theatre from The Watton was through No.38, formerly the New Inn. The stage, which has been removed, was formerly at the NE end of the theatre. See late C18 newspaper advertisements referring to theatre productions and to a new theatre at Brecon.
Exterior
No.38 has mid-to-late C19 facade to The Watton of three storeys, three windowss with rendered walls. Slate roof, end brick chimneys; projecting eaves. End pilasters with capitals. Dressed stone plinth. 4-pane sash windows without glazing bars in openings with moulded architraves and plain sills on both second and first floors. On ground floor, to left, C19 style shopfront with half-glazed door to L, and window to R both enclosed by pilasters, fascia, brackets, and cornice which runs also across centre doorway with similar treatment; half-glazed panelled door, curved headed fanlight. Similar treatment also to smaller shopfront in right hand bay. Lower rear wing of stone rubble of three storeys, two bays.
The former theatre is built against this rear wing. Tall one-storey building with stone walls and slate hipped roof. North-west facade with four tall sash windows with glazing bars with blocked doorway at NE end.
Interior
Former theatre has late C19 roof structure, perhaps contemporary with former mill to rear (1894). Stage removed, and much of theatre area cased in plasterboard or plywood. Few if any details believed to exist.
Reason for designation
Extremely rare survival of early C19 theatre behind building with good mid C19 character. Group Value with adjacent listed buildings in The Watton.
Nearby in the register
- Danygaer MillIndustrialunder 1 mi
- 37 The WattonCommercialunder 1 mi
- The Puzzle Tree Restaurant, including Stone Wall and RailingsCommercialunder 1 mi
- Forecourt Walls & Railings to the Brecknock MuseumDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.